Hat-pin.



R. c. IIVDVQNE.

HAT PIN APPLICATION FILED AUG-27' 19H.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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C. 035 CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HAT-PIKE.

Application filed August 2'2, 191?.

.To all? whom is concern: I

Be it known that l, RALPH G. incur, a.

citizen of the Uni-ted States, residing at which the following is e specification.

'My invention relates to improvements in het-pins, cnd more particularly tothet class or type lmown es anchored list-pins, the object being to provide means whereby the hat-pins, when placed in its hot securing position, wiil be securely retained in such position. as against. accidental removal or displacement.

The primary object of the invention isto provide e. generslly improved hat-pin of'this class, which "will be exceedingly simple in construction, cheap or" manufacture, and eiiicient in use.

A further object is the provision of en largd havens-aging anchor portions or convolutions at the base of the pointed portion of the hairpin adapted to engage or interlock with the second or opposing wall oi the hat crown, after being inserted and passed through the initial or first well thereof and, through the hair of the wearer in position, and'provi'diug simple and convenient means for thereed insertion and removal or the liabpin when in use. I

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, tin invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, end combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated. in some of its embodiments in the accompunyinp; drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referringrgto the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1, is a View of the improved he -pin in its anchored or securing position in the crown of on ordinary hat.

Fig. 2, at side elevation of n hat-pin constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig". 3, a similar view of a further modified form of some.

Fig. 4 a. view of the pointed portion of a hat-pin body or shank, of angular or square shape 1n cross section. before being twisted to form the spiral shaped anchor convolutions shown inl ig. 5.

5 a view of s complete bet-pin formed from the angular form of shank shown in Fig. 4, and illustrating the spirally arranged anchor convclutions thereon...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pntented Apr. 9,1918.

Serial No. 188,345.

Fig. 6 a view of a still further modified form, the anchor convolutions being spirally arranged.

l ig". 7 it view of u modification of the form shown in Figs. 1, and 2, the convolutions in this instance extending on the same side and being connected by an intermediate hatengaging notch or recess.

Similar numerals of reference designato like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The improved hut-pin shank or body 1,. 7'

may be of the usual. round or cylindrical form as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, and Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, or if desired. may be of square or angular shape in cross section as shown in Figs. 4c and 5,'of the drawings.

The improved hat-pin may be provided with any suitable and convenient form of head 2, and is preferably provided with a.

gradually tapered or pointed portion i As a convenient means of securing or anchoring the pointed or, tapered portion of the hetpin in the second or opposing well of the crown of the hat 3, after being initieily inserted and passed through the first well of the hat, and through the hair of the wearer as indicated in Fig. 1, of the draw" hugs, the pin is provided with ealsrgnd hatengaging anchor portions or conyolut ons 1*, said anchor portions or convolutions 1*, being preferably formed. at the base of the tapered portion 1". and relatively near the tip of such tapered portion 1*, as shown in all the figures of the drawings.

It will be observed that the hatengagiug' or anchored convolutions extend beyond the planes of the pin body or shank 1, or in other words. are larger in cross section than the shank of the pin so that when the second wall or" the list is impaled over one or more of the anchor convolutions the pin will be securely anchored or secured within the crown of the but.

in the form shown in Figs. 1, and 2, of the drawings the anchor convolutions 1, extend in a common plane on opposite sides of the pin body in serpentine form thus forminghetcngsging notches or recesses, while in the form shown in Fig. 7, such convolutions extend in a common plane at one side only or the pin body and are connected by means of an intermediate hat engaging notch or recess 1.

he form shown in Fig. 6, of th draw Ian ings, the convolutions 1 are spirally arranged as distinguished from the form pin in the hat it is obvious that after beingfirst passed through the first or initial wall of the hat, and upon entering the second or opposite wall of the hat, the anchor portions or 'convolutions will offer some resistance to the final passage of these portions of the hat-pin and such resistance to the free passage of the hat-pin will readily enable and determine the securing of the pin, and as to the spiral forms shown in Figs. 3, 5, and

6, of the drawings it is obvious that the pin may be readily inserted or removed by giving one or two turns or revolutions of the pin in the final securing or disengagement of the spiral form of anchor in the other or opposite wall of the hat.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection 'with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described some of the embodimcnts of my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent. -is,-

' 1. Ahat-pin havingasubstantiallystraight shank throughout the major portion of its length and terminating at one end in corrugations and a tapered point, said corrugations adapted to retain said pin in the hat when inserted therein.

2. A hat-pin having a straight shank corresponding approximately to the diameter of the hat, and having a tapered point and corrugations at one end and a headat thev other whereby said pin is normally retained in the hat.

3. A hat-pin, comprising a head and a tapered point, and a straight portion extending from said head toward said point and provided with corrugations adjacent to the latter, whereby when said pin is inserted in the hat the same is secured at one side and prevented from being withdrawn from the opposite side of the hat when withdrawn from the hair of the wearer. 1

4. A hat-pm, comprlsing a head 'and tapered point, and a straight portion corresponding approximately to the diameter of the hat and provided with serpentine corrugations ad aCent to said tapered point,

whereby when said pin is inserted through one side of the hat and the hair of the wearer and into the opposite side the same is secured in the latter by. said corrugations, and when withdrawn from the hair of the wearer said corrugations will engage with the opposite or first side of the hat. and prevent the entirewithdrawal of the pin from the latter.

In testimony whereof have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RALPH C. IDONE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS Gnmons, O. C. BILLMAN; 

